December 2004

KINGSWOOD, United Kingdom-ROK Entertainment Group launched its ROK Player technology in the United Kingdom through a deal with Sony/BMG Music Publishing. The technology allows users to view video content including …

CHICAGO-Pointsec, which provides enterprise security software for personal digital assistants and smart phones, released its Pointsec for Smartphone product. The product is a new version of the company’s security software …

SAN DIEGO-LG Electronics Co. Ltd. boasted of its gains in the U.S. handset market, claiming the top spot for CDMA sales in the third quarter. According to research firm IDC, …

TOKYO-NTT DoCoMo, Inc. announced partners for its third-generation video service called World Call. DoCoMo’s FOMA video customers will be able to exchange video-phone calls with users of compatible W-CDMA services …

CALGARY, Alberta-Predictive input company Zi Corp. announced its $1 million, all-stock acquisition of privately held handwriting-recognition company Decuma AB. Zi said it will use the technology to expand its input …

VANCOUVER, British Columbia-Canadian telecommunications provider Telus Corp. reported the closing of a secondary offering of 48.55 million common shares and 24.94 million non-voting shares that were controlled by a wholly …

SEOUL-Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. released a tiny new memory card for mobile phones, which the company said can store up to 128 megabytes. The company said the card, which is …

LONDON-Dutch wireless carrier KPN will add a new NEC i-mode handset to its portfolio, according to NEC UK Ltd. NEC said it launched the tri-band N401i handset, which incorporates video …

SARASOTA, Fla.-Global Signal Inc. said its board of directors has increased its cash dividend for the fourth quarter to 40 cents per share of common stock from 37 cents in …

SAN RAMON, Calif.-The ZigBee Alliance has crowned two years of work with a ratified specification, which will allow interoperability of products from more than 100 members, said the alliance. “The …

Verizon Communications Inc. may be getting into the wireless consolidation game with published reports indicating that the telecommunications provider, which controls 55 percent of No. 2 wireless operator Verizon Wireless, …

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina-Huawei, the CDMA Development Group and the International 450 Association said they have successfully demonstrated a 450 MHz CDMA2000 1x EV-DO end-to-end solution. It took place during the …

WASHINGTON-Cingular Wireless L.L.C. became the second national mobile-phone carrier to back off from opposing a government plan to reconfigure frequency assignments of Nextel Communications Inc. and others to eliminate interference …

FORT WORTH, Texas-RadioShack Corp. reported a deal with online wireless distributor and activation provider InPhonic Inc. that will enable RadioShack to begin offering wireless phones and service plans through its …

Cingular Wireless added another Motorola Inc. phone to its line-up of exclusive devices with the release of the Windows-powered MPx220 for $300 with a two-year service contract. The quadband, clamshell-style …

Following the recent sale of its remaining spectrum licenses to Verizon Wireless for $3 billion, NextWave Telecom Inc. filed its third joint plan of reorganization with the bankruptcy court overseeing …

IRVING, Texas-Since it was unable to score a distribution deal with Cingular Wireless and other GSM carriers, NEC America Inc. plans to sell its new GSM/EDGE clamshell-style 232E mobile phone …

Nextel Communications Inc. launched nationwide wireless priority service capabilities, providing authorized users with priority cellular service during times of emergency. The service moves authorized users, which typically include federal, state …

WASHINGTON-Wireless industry officials and engineers expect to meet in San Diego this week to continue work on a mobile-phone battery standard, an effort that comes in response to reports of …

In the wake of its acquisition of AT&T Wireless Services Inc., Cingular Wireless L.L.C. created a new Business Markets Group, which the carrier said would provide business customers with access …

Flarion Technologies Inc. reported that rural wireless provider Cellular One of Amarillo plans to deploy commercial wireless broadband services using Flarion’s Flash-OFDM technology in Amarillo, Texas. The Mobile Broadband Amarillo …

LONDON-In another legal triumph, a High Court has given Motorola Inc. the authority to seize assets belonging to Turkey’s Uzan family. The decision confirms an earlier ruling in a U.S. …

WASHINGTON-Mobile-phone industry lawyers asked a court here to dismiss six brain-cancer suits, arguing the plaintiffs’ complaints are pre-empted by federal law. “The federal government set a single, uniform, consensus standard …

LG Electronics Co. Ltd., PalmSource Inc., SavaJe Technologies and China MobileSoft Ltd. all made waves on the operating-system front last week, announcements that further fractured an already complicated market. Indeed, …

Nortel Networks Ltd. has set Jan. 10, 2005, as the date it will file the unaudited statements for 2003 as well as the first and second quarters of 2004. The …